Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is a garden in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Underwood Hill stands 55 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Broken Arrow Bluff Park, a park 0.2 miles away. OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE passes 4.0 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the OLD FLORIDA HERITAGE
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 6 mi
- Observation Tower · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Broken Arrow Bluff Park: 0.2 mi
- Chapman's Pond and Nature Trails: 0.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- 7117 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608: 1.1 mi
- 46th Blvd Playground: 1.1 mi
- Glen Springs: 5.6 mi
- Boulware Springs: 6.1 mi
- Magnesia Springs: 15.6 mi
- Blue Grotto Spring: 16.2 mi
- Hornsby Spring: 19.9 mi
- Lake Kanapaha: 0.4 mi
- Split Rock Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Herzog Cave Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Butterfly Rainforest: 2.8 mi
- Lake Alice Conservation Area: 3.8 mi
- Peace Time Soldier Always at War: 0.8 mi
- They Serve to Protect Us: 0.9 mi
- Vombat Wounded Veterans: 0.9 mi
- Medal of Honor: 0.9 mi
- Timucua Burial Mound: 3.9 mi
- 34th Street Wall: 3.2 mi
- Alpha Gator Statue: 3.9 mi
- Lion Statue: 3.9 mi
- Moses: 4.2 mi
- Bull Gator: 4.3 mi
- Ficke Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Field & Fork Farm and Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Bat House Gardens: 3.5 mi
- University Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Wilmot Gardens: 4.0 mi
- The Fred Bear Archery Museum: 1.4 mi
- Florida Museum of Natural History: 2.8 mi
- Heritage Hall: 4.5 mi
- A. Quinn Jones House: 5.3 mi
- Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention: 5.4 mi
- Bat House: 3.5 mi
- Bat House: 3.5 mi
- Bat House: 3.5 mi
- The Gainesville Solar Walk: 3.9 mi
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: 4.4 mi
- Little Garrison Hammock: 16.2 mi
- Garrison Hammock: 16.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 17.0 mi
- Spring Hill: 17.0 mi
- Underwood Hill: 17.5 mi
- Oak Canopy Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- 38th Street Park Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Traxler: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Hill | NNW 328° | 55 m | 17.5 mi |
| Spring Hill | NNW 334° | 43 m | 17.0 mi |
| Spring Hill | SW 221° | 40 m | 17.0 mi |
| Garrison Hammock | ESE 109° | 25 m | 16.5 mi |
| Little Garrison Hammock | ESE 112° | 21 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 19:59 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 17:00 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 64 | 58 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 11 WNW, 7 mi away.
- Brown Anole185 obs
- Green Treefrog110 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel77 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk76 obs
- Northern Cardinal72 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk66 obs
- Green Anole66 obs
- Salvinia Stem Borer Moth65 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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